Laptop performance degraded after Windows 10 v1903 Update

[BatmanwParents]

I updated my laptop to Windows 10 v1903 a week ago. After that, the performance of my system slowly started to degrade, browsers would lag, video players would lag quite a lot, windows explorer is also slow. 2 days ago I installed a clean copy of Windows 10 v1809 (because the problems started after the v1903 update and it was running very well on the v1809) on my laptop, installed all the drivers, and updated the windows to latest and I still suffer from the same performance issues. I also ran Windows Performance Recorder and the result of that is uploaded to OneDrive and here's the link:

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Daveybrat
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The specs of my laptop are:
Core i5 - 8250U
NVIDIA Geforce MX150 (2 GB)
8 GB RAM
1 TB HDD



Any advice is appreciated.

Edit: I have the same video lag in Ubuntu.

 

[Hans Gruber]

You need to download a new version of Windows 10 via the Microsoft website. The USB flash drive version works best. I had to reinstall Win 10 because of the latest update that you are having problems with.

 

[BatmanwParents]

You need to download a new version of Windows 10 via the Microsoft website. The USB flash drive version works best. I had to reinstall Win 10 because of the latest update that you are having problems with.

I did that, I downloaded the October (v1809) version and installed a clean copy using a USB drive but I am still facing the same issues.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I did that, I downloaded the October (v1809) version and installed a clean copy using a USB drive but I am still facing the same issues.

It's June 2019. There is a May Windows 10 download on Microsoft's website using the creation tool.

 

[BatmanwParents]

I just checked and found out that I have the same video lag in Ubuntu.

 

[C1]

Im wondering if the Windows 10 update resulted in changing one or more performance settings in your BIOS (particularly a graphics related one).

I would check BIOS settings for memory, cpu and especially graphics against orginal or at least laptop default. (This would explain or be compatible with experienced performance changes across OSes.)

Also investigate standard recommended optimizations for these settings.


Good luck


PS: Some might say that an OS cant modify any BIOS setting and that is true historically. But if you do a search, then you will find that sometimes it does appear to happen (eg, when mess'n around with a Windows update or OS install). Usually though this is a security setting. Also, apparently individual device firmware may be modified via UEFI device updating firmware. A recommendation is to verify BIOS settings then inspect Windows UEFI firmware update settings.
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https://www.howtogeek.com/399435/why-your-pcs-uefi-firmware-needs-security-updates/


REF:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...settings/3417d20d-8c39-45d9-9c40-215fbddbd954

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...settings/49c31a71-fea7-47a0-b2d9-f5215943a6da

https://forums.windowscentral.com/w...pdate-corrupted-my-bios-what-should-i-do.html

 

[Ketchup]

It could also be that this upgrade just happened to fall around the same time your CPU has started throttling under heavy load due to high temps. Give it a good dusting and see if anything improves. While you are at it, run a SMART scan on the hard drive and make sure Windows is showing the correct amount of RAM.